JUNE 20 - Helping Successful Leaders Get Even Better

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Speaker Spotlight

Marshall Goldsmith

Dr. Marshall Goldsmith has recently been recognized as the World’s #1 Leadership Thinker and the #1 Executive Coach at the Thinkers 50 ceremony in London. He has coached over 150 CEOs including the leaders of the World Bank, Ford, Pfizer, Glaxo SmithKline, Best Buy and the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Goldsmith is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Triggers and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There –both have been listed by Amazon in the 100 Best Leadership & Success books ever written. His books have sold over two million copies, have been translated into 32 languages and become listed bestsellers in twelve countries. Marshall gives away almost all of his material online. His videos and articles have been viewed or read tens of millions of times.

Rafael Pastor

Rafael Pastor has an extensive and diversified track record in both running successful businesses and advising business leaders. His career has spanned the media/entertainment, education, and business/financial services sectors.
Currently serving on a variety of Boards and as an Advisor, Rafael is dedicated to helping organizations harmonize strategy (growth), execution (people), and culture (values). He serves on the Boards of KinderCare Education, Rosetta Books, Assurance and Boost Academy, as well as on the Advisory Boards of MD Revolution and Thuzio. He also serves as an Advisor to a major international private equity firm, to Vistage International, and to Sonenshine Partners. He is also Chairman of the International Advisory Board of UCSD’s School of Global Policy and Strategy. He is also a member of the Board of the La Jolla Music Society; the Advisory Board of the Rady School of Management at UCSD; the Board of the National Association of Corporate Directors (Southern California Chapter); and the Strategic Roundtable of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation. Most recently, he was Chairman of the Board and CEO of Vistage International, the world’s largest for-profit CEO membership company.
Previously, based in New York, Rafael held senior executive positions at global media companies as: CEO of Hoyts Cinemas Corporation; President of USA Networks International; Executive Vice President, International, of News Corporation and Fox Television International; and President of CBS/Fox Video International. Subsequently, he was co-Founder and co-Chairman of the Sonenshine Pastor (now Sonenshine Partners) investment-banking and venture-capital firm in New York City.
Rafael started his career as an attorney, first at the Wall Street law firm of Hawkins, Delafield and Wood and then as Associate General Counsel at CBS Inc. He earned a BA from Columbia University and a JD from NYU School of Law. In addition to his experiences as a Board member, he has participated in numerous public-and-private-company Board meetings and deliberations as a CEO, investment banker, and attorney.